Story+2009-06-04+Stockholm,+Sweden

“18-year-old Jay Weinberg, Max’s son, on the drums (crowd cheers)…”
 * 04.06.09 Stockholm, Sweden, towards the end of “My Lucky Day”**

“Hej, Stockholm! (crowd cheers) hur mår ni? (crowd: “Bra”) hur mår ni? (crowd: “Bra”) hoppas ni inte (?) vätä (crowd cheers) (chuckles) vi inte rädda för regn* (chuckles) alright…woo!...I’m so glad to be back in Stockholm (crowd cheers) we ain’t afraid of no little bit of rain (crowd cheers) the E Street Band is here tonight and whether it’s raining or the sun’s shining or it’s snowing or it’s hailing we, we intend to fulfil our solemn vow to rock the house! (crowd cheers) but we didn’t come all the way to Stockholm to just rock the house, we come here tonight because we want to build a house (crowd cheers) right here on this rainy field we’re gonna build a house…we’re gonna take the fear that’s out there and build a house of love (crowd cheers) we’re gonna take the doubt that’s out there and build a house of faith (crowd cheers) we’re gonna take the despair and we’re gonna build a house of hope (crowd cheers) we’re gonna take the sadness and we’re gonna build us a house tonight of joy and happiness (crowd cheers) and we’re gonna take that cooling off and build a house of sexual healing! (crowd cheers) that’s right…and we got all the tools we need right here in these seats, on this field, on this stage…we’re gonna use the bad wood and the good wood, the bad news that’s out there and the good news and we’re gonna build a house out of music and spirit and noise…now the mighty E Street Band is here and we’re gonna bring down the power of the music on you (crowd cheers) but, Stockholm, we need you to bring the noise! (crowd cheers) now sing it like you mean it…” [* “How are you? (crowd: “Good”)…I hope you’re not wet…we’re not afraid of rain.”]
 * 04.06.09 Stockholm, Sweden, middle of “Working on a Dream”**

“This is Clarence’s son…” [Clarence’s son holds up the sign for “I’m Goin’ Down.”]
 * 04.06.09 Stockholm, Sweden, towards the end of “Raise Your Hand”**

“This is for Chico and Chico…Ciccio and Ciccio… (…) For Ciccio and Ciccio…” [Coincidentally Bruce also played their request in Vienna on July 5th.]
 * 04.06.09 Stockholm, Sweden, intro to “Wild Thing”**

“Thank you very much, thank you (?)(crowd cheers) oh, I want to, uh, send this one out to Patti, she sends you all her love, she’s, uh, we got three teenagers, they’re all out of school now so she’s at home with them, I wanna thank her because without her we wouldn’t be able to come over here and entertain you so we’re gonna send this one out to Pats…”
 * 04.06.09 Stockholm, Sweden, intro to “Kingdom of Days”**

“Thank you so much, tack (crowd cheers) thank you…let me try this …(?) att vara tillbaka i mitt hem i Sverige (crowd cheers) thank you …I wanna thank everyone for coming out to our show, we appreciate it, we always love coming to Stockholm and, uh, and to Sweden where we have such fabulous and loyal fans…we always look forward to coming here, you guys are just a great, great audience for us, thank you (crowd cheers) thank you so much… back home we, uh…we’re having some of the hardest times since the Great Depression, we’ve had millions of jobs lost and hundreds of thousands of jobs getting lost each month, very, very difficult time in the States, this is a song written by…uh…it was written in 1855, I believe, yeah, and it’s called “Hard times come again no more”…by Stephen Foster…” [* “to be back in my home in Sweden.”]
 * 04.06.09 Stockholm, Sweden, intro to “Hard Times”**

“Thank you for coming out to the show tonight (crowd cheers)… (…) Little Steven (crowd cheers) Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) Curtis King (crowd cheers) Sister Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) the phenomenon, Jay Weinberg on the drums (crowd cheers) Max’s lovely daughter Ali Weinberg on the accordion (crowd cheers) Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano (crowd cheers) Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) Cindy Mizelle (crowd cheers) and the biggest man you’ve ever seen: Clarence “Big Man” Clemons (crowd cheers) Stockholm! (crowd cheers) Stockholm! (crowd cheers) Sverige! (crowd cheers) Sverige! (crowd cheers) Sverige! (crowd cheers) Sverige! (crowd cheers) you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, hard-rocking, earth-shocking, booty-shaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary (crowd: “E Street Band”)(crowd cheers)...”
 * 04.06.09 Stockholm, Sweden, intro to “American Land”**

“Can’t do no more…I broke my ass! (chuckles) we can’t do any more, I broke my ass…my ass is broke…I’m telling you I got a broken ass, I can’t (crowd cheers)… (…) Steve, I think it’s quitting time, man (Steve: “Say it ain’t so”) (?) ass-breaking time (Steve laughs) I’m telling you we’ve got to go (Steve: “Say it ain’t so”) yes it is…well, Steve, if it ain’t quitting time, I wanna know what time is it…(Steve: “You got another cheek – it’s Boss-time!”)…” //[Bruce slipped and fell during “American Land.”]//
 * 04.06.09 Stockholm, Sweden, intro to “Glory Days”**

//Compiled by Johanna Pirttijärvi//